starwood's 1st trimester 2014 promo is up

last month, starwood announced its first promotion for the 2014 year. it has been discussed here on flyertalk. registration is now open.

register by february 28, 2014 and for every 5 eligible nights you stay, you will receive 2,500 points to a maximum of 10,000 points for 20 eligible nights. if you stay an additional 5 nights after that, you receive a 5,000 point bonus instead. thus, the maximum earning potential of this promotion is 15,000 points for 25 eligible nights. only stays between jaunary 5 through april 30, 2014.

the last promotion (that wrapped up december 15, 2013) was slightly more generous where you got 2,500 points for every 5 stays and double base points. however, there was a sizable list of exclusions, including the four points by sheraton downtown seattle and the westin bellevue. this was big for me given that i typically stay at the former at least once a month. this upcoming promotion makes up for that by not having any property exclusions. thus, all properties are eligible. this makes for a good promotion.